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TCM FEST 2012: The Films of Faye Dunaway
23, Apr 2012
I have to admit that I’m fairly unversed in the films of Faye Dunaway. There’s not really any agenda to speak of; I just haven’t gotten around to seeing much of her filmography. At this year’s TCM Classic Film FEST 2012 I was able to rectify that, seeing both The Thomas Crown Affair and Chinatown. The films aren’t exactly related – one being a caper and the other a post-noir – but the actress turns in some very interesting performances in each. I figured it would make for an interesting post to try to take a look at her performances in each of these films and suss out which one was the better. Should be easy, right?
New Blu-ray and DVD Releases: February 15, 2011
15, Feb 2011
by Dan
Rank the week of February 15th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best movies ever made:
Unstoppable (DVD and Blu-ray | PG-13 | 2010)
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Rank it amongst the best action movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #1915
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Director Tony Scott’s Runaway Train thriller starring Denzel Washington, Rosario Dawson and Chris Pine.
- In: New Releases
- Tags: All the President’s Men, Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, Bernardo Bertolucci, Charlie Chaplin, Cher, Chris Pine, Denzel Washington, Edward G. Robinson, Faye Dunaway, Freida Pinto, Game of Death, Hoodwinked, Josh Brolin, Last Tango in Paris, Marlon Brando, Moonstruck, Naomi Watts, Nicolas Cage, Orson Welles, Rashomon, Robert Downey Jr., Rosario Dawson, Summer Wars, The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu, The Stranger, Tony Scott, Unstoppable, Waiting for Superman, Wesley Snipes, William Holden, Woody Allen, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
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A few weeks ago, I erased all of my rankings (over 2,000) after receiving a shocking revelation: Many of the movies that I’d ranked exist in my mind as fragmented, abstract memories that are only tenuously representative of my overall opinion of the actual films. This injection of harsh reality came rushing in after watching the movie Bonnie and Clyde again after several years. It occurred to me that my positive memory of the movie revolved almost exclusively around the amorous feelings I experienced for Faye Dunaway during the initial viewing. Back when I first saw Bonnie and Clyde, apparently I was so stricken by her charms that ranking the film among my favorites seemed like a perfectly legitimate course of action. After a fresh viewing, however, I was surprised to discover how average I found the rest of the movie to be. For years I’ve been placing it above films that I enjoyed for more substantial, empirical reasons than just a superficial movie crush (as opposed to a profound movie crush, like with Trasgredire).
In This Corner…
For all its dazzling effects, epic mythology, iconic performances, and spectacular worlds and characters, the original Star Wars trilogy is essentially the tale of a boy and his father.
This week, that relationship takes center stage in the Reel Rumbles ring as the question that has been lurking about since the final curtain closed on George Lucas’s original space opera is answered: which is the better film, The Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi?
- In: Reel Rumbles
- Tags: 1977, 1980, Darth Vader, David Prowse, discussions, Ewoks, Eye of the Needle, Eyes of Laura Mars, Faye Dunaway, films, George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Jagged Edge, James Earl Jones, Joe Eszterhas, Lawrence Kasdan, Leigh Brackett, matchup, movie battles, Reel Rumbles, Return Of The Jedi, Richard Marquand, Rio Bravo, Sebastian Shaw, space opera, Star Wars, The Big Sleep, The Empire Strikes Back, Tommy Lee Jones